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Entertainer and author Janelle Monáe performs during the 2019 Grammys flanked by android-like backup dancers. Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesThe new sci-fi musical “Neptune Frost,” set in a Rwandan village constructed with computer parts, tells the story of an intersex hacker and a coltan miner who lead an anarchist uprising against their oppressors. The film – lauded for its “Afrofuturist vision” – is only one of the more recent works to engage in the tr...

The 18th edition of the New College Holiday Book Guide, recommendations of new and recent books that had an impact on the writers this year.

While the term was coined 28 years ago, it can pertain to multiple kinds of work created by Black people across history.

Starting in 1998, scholars, artists and activists from various fields refined the meaning of the term.

Chambliss defines Afrofuturism as an intersection of speculation and liberation that’s inspired by the concerns of people of African descent.

While the term was coined 28 years ago, it can pertain to multiple kinds of work created by Black people across history.

A cultural movement you should know about.

Even though Afrofuturist works are set in fictional worlds, they provide a blueprint for social, political and economic systems free from exploitation and oppression.

Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe and Star Trek: Discovery, which have Afrofuturist influences and components, are mainstream examples of the genre, signaling a cultural shift that is long overdue. In an ever-changing world that is adapting to the call for better representation of Blackness, visionary pioneers such as Tim Fielder are sitting at the center of it all. Fielder, an "OG Afrofuturist," according to his fans, is also a seasoned comics writer, graphic novelist, illustrator, cartoonist,...

John Jennings former chairman of the Kent Agricultural Society has died  |  One of the key figures in the Kent agricultural scene over many decades has died. John Jennings first love was farming. He was chairman of the Kent branch of the National Farmers Union during the 1980s. John Jennings He helped successfully to promote the Kent County Show, working his way up from cattle steward to vice chairman and chairman during the 1990s and director of the Exhibition Centre. He also exhibited his o...